First episodes of genital herpes in a Swedish STD population: A study of epidemiology and transmission by the use of herpes simplex virus (HSV) typing and specific serology

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 179-182

  Lowhagen G B ^a   Tunback P ^a   Andersson, K ^a   Bergstrom T ^a   Johannisson, G ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genital herpes; Herpes simplex virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENITAL HERPES; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SWEDEN; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TYPING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; SEROLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0033934910     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.76.3.179     Document Type: Article

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